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- From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi
- Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 1 GB 3.5" SCSI disks
- Message-ID: <37144@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:43:47 GMT
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- Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
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- edguer@ces.cwru.edu (Aydin Edguer) writes:
- >There are at least seven models that are available now or will be available
- >shortly. There are also a few 1.2/1.3 GB (formatted) disk drives
- >(IBM 0663 E15, DEC DSP3160) available.
-
- >Maxtor
- >MXT1240S
- >Fast SCSI-2
- >6300RPM
- ^^^^^^^^
- 6600 RPM, I believe.
-
- >300,000MTBF
- >1.05GB
- >20ms max.seek
- >1.5ms t-t.seek
- >88bit ECC
- >256KB cache
- >30dBA@1ft
-
- >Maxtor is supposed to be fast and looks like the fastest in term of maximum
- >sustained transfer rate [6300 RPM]. Not yet available so compatibility and
- >pricing are not yet known.
-
- This is the drive I've been referring to as "Maxtor Magic". I see
- 4.2MB/s sustained at the driver level talking to a slow WD33c93a controller.
- (Outer tracks, using 5MB/s Sync burst, since you need the 'b' WD part for
- SCSI-fast).
-
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- Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering.
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- Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion.
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